Railway-rail bed.



G. M. CULP.

RAILWAY RAIL BED.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. s, 1908.

Patented June 29, 1909.

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CHARLES M. GUI/l, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

RAILW'AY-QAIL BED.

No. 926,57. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 29, 1909.

Application filed. September 3, 1908. Serial No. 151,560.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, (maniacs M. (may a citizen oi the United States, residing at rail by having the bolt holes in the base llange ol the rail in close proximity (.0 each other, that is oppositely arranged, as will be underdiato their ends to an anchor tie and connected South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and stood. 60

r a T btate ol inonrna, have invented certain new I The upper lace ol' the outer plate 01' each and usei'ul improvements in Railway-Rail 1 pairol' plates (5 and T isprovided withatranslie ds whir h the'lolloningis aspecification. l verse groove '1 it to receive the corresponding this invention relates to a railway rail beo. j stringers 1'3, which latter aielitted in said One ObjQCi] oi the invention is to provide a grooves intermediate their ends and securer'r structure adapted to prevent creeping or therein bv means ol' one or more bolts 1? spreading of the rails and also admit ol' tree passing therelhrough and also through the expansion and contraction thereol'. l r rlates and into the anchor tie 'lho Another object oi the invention resides in stringers 12 extend over the ties 1-! and on the provision of stringers secured interrne- 1 both sides ol the anchor tie i and are secured l to said adjacent ties ]-'l and 15 by means of l suitable bolts us, as shown.

From the l'oregoingz when taken in connection with the aceonrpanving drz'uvings, it will be seen that the rails are secured lirinlv inat their free ends to adjacent ordinary ties, there being moans provided whereby the stringers are held against lateral displacement.

29 A still l'urther Object of the invention is to termediate their ends to the anrhor tie =2 provide stringers adjacent the rails interineand that the stringers are anchored intermediate the ends of the latter to prevent creepdiate their ends in a iirnr manner to the ing and consequent spreading of the rails l lates o and T and that obviouslv the rails thereby insuring a lirni mounting ol the rails l are thus permitted to expand and contract uponthe rail bed. in both directions from their centers to prevJith the above and other objects in view, vent creeping and a consequent spreading ol' the invention consists in the rorubination and the rails a result ol' the creeping. it will arrangement of parts hereinal'ter nrore 'l'ully also be seen that the invention is very shudeseribed, illustrated in the accompanying ple, easily and inexpensively produced.

drawings and particularly pointed out in the Having thus described the invention. what appended claims, it being understood that y is elairned as new is changes may be made in the term, propor- '1. In a railway rail bed, an anchor tie, ties tion, size and minor details without departt upon opposite sides of the anchor tie, rails ing from the spirit or sacrilicing any of the on all ol' said ties, a pair ot plates disposed 35 advantages of the invention. upon the anchor lie near each end of the In the drawings l igure1 is a perspective l latter and intermediate the ends of the rails view o'l' a portion ol' a rail illustrating my inl and overlapping the base [hinge ol' the latter, vention. 2 an end view. Fig. I3 is a i one of each pair ol plates ha ring a groove. top plan view. and a stringer disposed in each of said lie'lerring now more 'partirularly to the grooves and secured at its l'ree ends to the accompanying drawings, the rel'erence charse orul mentioned tics. actor 4: indicates the main or anchor sleeper '3. in a railway rail bed, an anchor tie, ties or tie disposed preferably intermediate the l upon ort-posite sides of the anchor lie, rails on H ends of the rails 5. all of said lies, a pair of plates disposed upon Disposed upon the upper lace ol' the sleeper y the anehor tie near each end of the latter and or tie t at each end thereol' are pairs 01 plates 1 intermediate the ends ol the rails and over- 6 and 7, both of which latter are arranged in lapping the base flange of the latter, one of alincrnent with each other and w hich overlap each pair ot plates having a groove, a stringer W opposite sides of the base 'l'lange S of the cordisposed in each ol :aid grooves and secured responding rails 5. Each plate (3 and 7 is seat its free ends to the second mentioned ties, cured to the base l lange S of the rails by l and means connecting the stringers and cormeans of suitable bolts 9 and i0, respec responding plates to the anchor tie. tively, said bolts passing through the plates 6 l 3. in a railway rail bed, an anchor tie, t es and 7, the base flange S and into the tie 4, as 1111011 the opposite sides ol' the anchor he, no

:5 shown. The bolts are arranged preterably y rails crossing all of the ties, a pair ol plates disposed upon the anchor tie near each end out oi' alineinent to prevent weaken ing of the the stringers and the groove and into the anolior tie, and a bolt passed through the plates of QilCll and also through the base flange of the COII GSIJ'ODdlHg rails and into tire an:

I J (nor upon the opposite sides of the anchor tie,

rails crossing all of the tics, a plates 1 dis zosed unon t snolior tie near inch and of the latter and intsi rails and overln 1st" one of each a stringer s and secured (at its free ends to second 1r 'tio led tins, bolts tliroufill the stringers d the groove and into the anin -1v rail o rail bed, an anchor tie, ties I; l l l l l I ll l l I CllOl and a bolt passed through the plates of each pair and also through the base flange of the corresponding rails and into the anchor tie, said last mentioned bolts of eaeli pair of plates being disposed out of Minement.

5. In a railway rail bed, an anchor tie, ties :on opposite sides oi the anchor tie, rails on e tie, a pair of plates dis-nosed u? the nor tio near each end of tlio letter and 1 ng the base of the rails, a

disposed adjacent the outer edge of and erossing outermost "plate of and secured thereto, and means uring eztcli pair of plates to the base 0 thecorr i-ondin rail. in testinion whereof I Still; my signature,

in 91 4 two Witnesses.

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